What is recorded here
Castle Muir stands in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, recorded as a medieval castle and an unassigned fort. Its exact position is known within ten metres, yet no visible chamber or wall remains certain. The land may have hidden a tower, a boundary fort, or both across centuries. Whatever stood there, it has surrendered its shape to grass, rain and forgetting.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Muir as Castle (medieval), Fort (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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